Back in May, rumors started appearing about a Final Fantasy Origin title thought to be in development at Team Ninja. Some of those rumors were correct, others weren’t, but today Square Enix revealed Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin as part of their Square Enix Presents E3 2021 livestream.
Team Ninja and KOEI Tecmo have teamed up to develop the action-RPG that features Jack and his friends Ash and Jed. The three of them open the gates to the Chaos Shrine with the aim of defeating Chaos once and for all. They’ve already battled Chaos before and the memories of the struggle are still fresh. The prophecy foretold the trio would be the Warriors of Light the world needs, but they have their own doubts. Creative Producer Tetsuya Nomura said:
While it is FINAL FANTASY, it feels different?but there’s no doubt that the blood of FINAL FANTASY runs through its veins. We’ve undertaken the challenge of finding this difficult middle ground for this mature and stylish title. We need a little time until we’re able to complete it, and while the battle system is a bloody one, it does link to the story, so I hope you’ll use this opportunity to give it a try.

While the game is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC, only PS5 players get to try out the Trial Version of the game, available to download from today, June 13. During the demo players will confront a variety of enemies and use a variety of spells and abi...